William Bagot

William Bagot (died 1407) was a politician and administrator under Richard II of England.

Biography
William Bagot was born in Warwickshire, England, and he became a local politician before serving under John of Gaunt, Henry Bolingbroke, and Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk. From 1382 to 1383, he served as High Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, and he attended Parliament as a Knight of the Shire for Warwickshire 11 times between 1388 and 1402. Bagot, John Bussy, and Henry Green became Richard II of England's "continual councillors", acquiring an infamous reputation. He was sent to assist Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and the two other councillors in ruling the country as Richard campaigned in Ireland in 1399, and the cowardly Bagot decided to head to Wales after Bolingbroke invaded, ostensibly to muster troops there. However, he escaped Bolingbroke's forces and fled to Ireland, where he was captured. He was only imprisoned for a year, and he died in Warwickshire in 1407.